Packing.



posean o'r'ro, oriarwpon, mantels, Asszcxon oFoNE-.rLiLF TonoBaR'r Quarta 0F oAK To allrwhom 'Zt may Qnceml Be itknown that I, OsoAJi Omo', a'citizen .pf the`- ,pited"States, Aresiding' at Mavwood, 1n the county of Cook 'and State'of llinois, have 'invented certain .new and useful lm- 'provements in Packings, of whichthe followy mis a. specification.A t

A yunventlou relates t'o improvements in ackmgs such 'as are used in' steam engines, oc'omotives, air'- con1pressors,pumps, valves,

and the likefa'nd comprises a unitary or one- -p 1ece soit-metalpackmg ring; adapted to encircle a piston rod 'oi'.tli'e like, beingheld .by -tlge steam fon *other* iluid under pressure 'i1-5 against the rod-With'suficient' force to form aIprassure-tight jointbetwe'en them, thereby :preventing leakage; IPreferably, though not- 'necessarily, the packing is 'cast on the rod, a

suitable mold 'for thisguurpose being.te1npo C20 rarilyl'fclamped aroun the`rod.- !;Owng to the steam" or lother pressure to^ vhicli^-the packing *ring is subjected, "the ivearofvthe "packingis automatically taken up,A thereby "securing a satisfactoryoperation of: the de- -"`{25 vice until the packing has completely worn out, Whn'i-t mayrbe quickly, readily, and

'economicallyfreplaceii To.` facilitate the.

com'pressionof the soft.ffmetal of the "packing to-jenable it to "readily grasp *the ""giodonwhich it is"tted", the packing may be made taperedV o'r ofcf'mic'al sha e'to ro- 'pt/idea portion' comparatively thin an reduced `cross-section;fand if'4 desired the r "outer surface of the packing may be,grooved to' provide' portions ofs'niall cross-sections for the, same purpose." Thesteamjor other fluid pressure not' only'holds 'the' packing ",ring tlghtly' on the rod,l butit also maintains 'a fpress`\,iretight -joint between either the 'L10 'packing ring itself or an interposed "chang ring and the gland.'J -Tloholdthe packing fung in place against'the chafng member or lgland during the' back, stroke of the iston rod after the 'steam has been shut olf, have 'interposed'afcoil ex anson' spring betweenl the same and' a sho der of the cylinder Wall. I have illustrated. the preferred ,embodiments ofr`- my1 invention 'ontheaccompanymg drawingsfwhi'ch form a' part of specifics.-v '50 tion, likeureference'characterspreferring to l .the sameiarts throughout; the iri'ews; On sai drawings' 'Figure 1` 11s:4 a section through a portion of the steam cylinder of a it and the cylinder "a packing ring 2O which maintains a tight 'ont .Between the gland rate'nte ragga ieos.

the construction andi-position rof my' imi '55 proved-packing; Fig. 2 is' a face'v'iew nl the' packing-ring; Fig. -3 is an elevationof the right hand end of the packing asnviewedin Fig. 2; 4`-ill ustrates the ch'aling rin `5;; Fig. 5 shows the companion partsof the d1- vlded bushing interposed between the chafing'rmg and the-piston rod;Fig, 6 isa view slmilarto Fig. A1 of'a modified form of p'ackmg; and Fig-T is a vertical cross-sectionon line7-7ofFig.6. r

65 Referring rst to Figs. -1.to5, inclusive, it

'tiill be nted-that'the'stearri cylinder 10of the locomotive or similar device 'has'the usual aperture tlnopgh its .wall within which recipf, rocates the pistonrod 11 having portions of,

spectively.- Encircling the .part :12 of the' plston rod andplaced thereonpreferably-by casting the same around the rod'is one form 14 of my improved packino rin0',fwhich is made ofanysultable soft-'metal suczli as White metal. Desrably a mold is temporarily clamped on the piston rod and the moltenmetal.' oured into'the same to form the packing ring. t may be' produced, however, in any other manner andslid on tlie rod if found more convenieiit to do s'o. The main bo dy 1 5 of the ring is preferably tapered, as illustrated,-to produce atlone end of the rin a portion comparatively thin, thereby enabling the ste'am 'under pressure in the' cylinder to compress the saine sufficiently so that it snugly hugs the piston rod 12.'=- ln order to facilitate this compression "oaf the 'soft metal which is necessarylrto-perm, the smevto grasp the rod tight the packing may be longitudinally `groove or scored at a .plurality of places 16, as indicated inV F ign-3. Vi-liso the packing maybe circularly grooved 'at 17 forthe same purpose. The right hand end of the packing ring, as illustrated, is of substantial thickness and width and the hole or bore through the center of the ring is'desirably countersunk at' 18 to provide a rec-ess for the accommodation of any fins of the soft metal which may have a tendency to form 'around the rod. Y.

Av gland 19 is fastened in'any'approved manner to the outer face of the steam cylin.- der, indicated, and has interposed between A and cylinder, as 1s o vious. I prefer to place between the end of the packing ring 1.4 and 7o lesser and greater diameter12' and 13am shoulder 25 and the enlarged part of the pack i f Senese the glandy 19` a chaing :member or one-piece or undivided'ring 21. It is of advantage to be ableto slip such a chaiing ring on to the reduced portion 12 of the piston rod over the largerportion 13 thereof. Consequenthv Inse between the acking and the gland theinteral ring 21 avingat one edge aninwardiarueter of which is s uliciently great to dy-extendedv circular flange 22, the internal' allow the ring to be slid over the large para. 13

fof the pistonrod. In order to maintain this chang ring in place, I interpose between the same and the piston rod 11 a divided bushing 23, the two part-s of whichare shown in Pig. 5.

The chamber 24 in the wall of thesteam cylinder having-the shoulder 25 is in commuto prevent inward movement of t epaclng during silnilarniovement of the piston rod after steam has been shut off, that is when there is no4 fluid pressure to maintain lthe sulicient pressure 'against the g U-rmg and the. i

parts in their normal position, I place between Ving a coiled expansion spring 27 which exerts' packiizr;I to hold the same a ainst the cha latter .againsttllle gland. In' a dition to the friction betweenthe packing and rod'tending -.to displace the former'aftersteam has bkn shut off, a vacuum is created in the steam cylinders whereby" the atmosoheric pressure on the outer end of the 'packing or-chang member tends to move the packing inwardly. The spring is made sufficientlystrong to conn- 'teract both of these forces, but it'ls to be nnderstood, however, that this springis not depende'd- .upon for maintaining a pressure-A 'tivht joint, 'this result being accomplished sotlel by the steam'pressure. If the iston rod ias a lateral movement due to vanity guiding of the cross-head, whatever chs De occurs takes place between ring 21 and gland 19, and since these are not made of soft metal no considerable wear-m0' occurs. There n substantially no chaiing between the Cpacking 14 and ring 21 when the iston ro moves latprally because they bot travel with the ro Y In Figs. 6 and 7 I have illust-rate'da modified construction in which the chaiing inember is omitted. This device com rises a wall l0`of vthe steam cylinder, the g d 19, between which and the cylinder no aeng 2O 1s used in this form of device, thee ber or compartment 24, the circular shoulda 25, and the passage 25. This 'modified form of soft metal packing 28 may be cast on ton rod 27 or may be slid on to the same, as is obvious. At its outer end it has a fist face 29 which bears against the inner surface of the gland 19, andv it also has extended'in- I\ 'V\'f, i -i 'I tapered flanges 30and 31. The internal surface of flange 30 ts about and snu ly gras s the piston rod 27?, while the outer Face of t e" substantially parallel crculaeilange Lun; der the influence of'thesteam ressureis eX- panded sufiicien'tly to bear against the cylin-` drical surface 32'of chamber 24. It is'obvi# ousthat-the steam.- ressure in this chamber acts upon the paliing 'to push vthe Vsame' avainst the 'land,- the latter actin Vas an abutment.4 t is apparent, also, t at the steam pressure forces the ianges 30 and 31 into engagement with the 'piston rod and wall of the steam cylinder, respectively, forming.1 tightl joints Ywith each. In order to prevent the packing 'from moving away from the'I gian during the reyerse stroke of they pistonrod 'after steam has been shut off, I interposebetween the shoulder 25 and the packing an expansion coil spring-33, a considerablep'ortion of which fits in the packin between the.

flanges 3() and 31, as illustrate It is obvi' ous that with 'this single soft met-al pacldna tight connection is maintained between t ef.

same andv the connecting. rod and .cylinder style or form of the'device as it does intheform shown in the other iig'ures. In either of the devicesshown and de-' scribed the packing may be. readily'removed by -unbolting the gland and a new one subfY rod or cast separately and slid on"A to therod, as appears most desirable.

Although I have shown the chang inemerin connection with only one style or form any suitable form of cha ring ma be u s'ed in the structure shown in igs. 6 andr7.' Also: in this structure the flanges 30 and 31 may be" grooved or scored if found desirable'.

tail the features of my invention, but it is to. be understood that the invention is not limmechanical changes may be, made without sacrificing the benefits and advantages of 'my' substance vand essence;

the same b fluid pressure thereby forming a. tight 'oint etwcen the two, substantiallyas descri ed. s

2. The combination of a rod, and a onewall. The automatic taking up or compensating for wear on the packing'occurs i this e stituted therefor which may be cast on the of the packing, it is to be understood that l In this'speciiication I have described def',

itt-d to the precise and specific structuralfea` tures shown and.' described, since many minor invention and without departure' from itsj Although I have described my invention-i."

adapted to be compressed and held agains'ii p'iece soft-metal packing ring encircling :said

lrod, ,cast on the same, and ada )ted to be .forming a tight joint between the two, an labutment against which said packing rests,

lrod and adapted to be compressed to grasp-4 .piece soft-metal grooved'packing ring enthel same under the action of fluid pressure, thereby forming a. tight joint between th two', substantviayas described. 3..'lhe"combination-,Oia rod, and a onepiece metallic packing ring encircling said compressed to grasp the rc'l un( er the action of lluid pressure thereby Iorming .a tlghtjomt between the two, substantially as descrlbed. l

4. The combination of a rod, and a. onepiece tapered soft-metal packing encircling j said rod and adapted tobe compressed to grasp the same under the action of fluid pressure, thereby forminga tight joint between the two,- substant-ially as described.

'5. The combination ofa rod, and a. onecircling said rod and adapted to beY compressed to grasp the same under the action of fluid pressure thereby forminfr a tight joint between the two, substantially as described.

6. As an article of manufacture, a onepiece soft-metal packing adapted to en# circle a rod and be compressed to grasp the same under the action of fluid pressure thereby forming a tight joint between the two, substantially as described. l

7. As an article of manufacture, a one piece tapered soft-metal packing adapted to encircle a rod and be compressed to grasp the same under the action of fluid pressure thereby forming a tight jointbetween the., two, substantially'as describet'.

8. The combination'of a 'chamber adapted to contain a fluid under pressure, a rod mov able in an aperture through a wail of said chamber, a .soft-.metal one-piece packing-encircling said rod and caused to frasp the same by the pressure` of the fluid thereby and a spring pressing said packing against said abutment, substantially as described.

9. The combination of a chamber adapted to contain a fluid under pressure, a rod movable in an aperture through a wall of said chamber, a soft-metal one-piece packing encirclin said rod and caused to grasp the same y the' ressure ofthe Huid thereby forming a tig 1t' joint between the two, a gland, and a chafing member interposed be- 'eespas with portions of greater and gland and packing, substantially the same by the pressure of the lluidthereby V forming a tight joint between the two, a

gland, a. chafing member interposed between lsaid gland and packing, and a spring pressing said packing-`agai1ist the chafing member" and iatteragainst the gland, substantially as described.

11. The combination of a chamber adapt-,i

ed to contain a fluid under iressure, a rod lesser diameter, the part of lesser diameter being movable/in an a ierture through a wall of said chamber,

a so t-met al one-piece packing encircling the smaller portion of said rod and caused to grasp the same by the pressure of the fluid thereby forming a tight joint between the two, a gland, a -chafin member interposed between said gland an acking and having an a erture sufficiently arge to permit the mem er to pass over the larger portion of said rod, and a divided bushing between saidehafing member and the' smaller )ortion of vsaid rod, substantially as descri ed.

12. -The combination of a chamber adapted to cont-ain a. fluid under pressure, a rod soA having portions of greater and lesser diameter, lthe smaller portion of said rod being movable in an aperture through a wall of said chamber, a soft-metal onefpiece packing encircling the. smaller port-ion of said rod and caused to rras the same by the pressure of the iuid t1ereby forming :1 -tight joint between the two, a gland, an apertured chafing member interposed between said acking and land, the aperture of said member being suf ciently large to allow the member to pass over the larger portion of said rod, a divided bushing interposed be tween said chafing member and the smaller portion of said rod, and a spring acting on said packing to push the same against the chating member and the latter against the gland, substantially-as described.

v ,l 1 OSCAR OTTO. Witnesses: j. v- W" WALTER- M. FULLER, FRE'DER'IC'K C. GOODWIN. 

